DOCUMENT RESUME ED 303 380 SO 019 454 AUTHOR Shima, Tayo, Comp.; Jagusch, Sybille A., Ed. TITLE Japanese Children's Books at the Library of Congress: A Bibliography of Books from the Postwar Years, 1946-1985. INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO ISBN-0-b444-0576-0 PUB DATE 87 NOTE 50p, AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; Area Studies; *Childrens Literature; Foreign Countries; Library Catalogs; *Library Collections; Resource Materials IDENTIFIERS *Japan; *Library of Congress ABSTRACT This book contains a selective, annotated bibliography of 304 Japanese children's books that represent the years 1946-1985 and that are contained in the Library of Congress %Washington, D.C.). The volume presents an overview of the development and change in Japanese children's literature in terms of: (1) a new democreic philosophy, 1946-1955; (2) social reforms, 1956-1965; (3) an era between economic and social dreams and reality, 1966-1975; and (4) the economic and social changes of the 1980s. The titles are arranged by year and alphabetically by author under the categories of: (1) children's books and periodicals; (2) reference sources (history and criticism, exhibition catalogs, and periodicals); and (3) reprints of pre-World War II children's literature (books and collections and anthologies). Titles appear in Japanese and English, and special awards are noted. Title, author, and artist indexes are provided. 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V Or reproduction Quality Points of view or opinions stated in thodoCu- *4kv 0 ` mint do not necessarily represent official 'S* *Olt Vdr0. di OERI position or policy dr 6. BEST COPYAVAILABLE 416 Japanese Children's Books at the Library of Congress 'Tr i JAPANESE CHILDREN's BOOKS atthe Library of Congress A Bibliography of Books from the Postwar Years, 1946-1985 Compilecny TayoShim&, Edited and with a Foreword by Sybille A. Jagusch Chief, Children's Literature Center , Library of Congress,Washington. 1987 I 5 Cover and title page illustrations and woodcut details through- put the text are from _Momotarei (Peach boy) and are used here .1- courtesy of the artist, Mitsumasa Anno. A copy of the book, published by Iwasaki Bijitsusha in Tokyo in 1973, is in the collection of the Japanese Section of the Asian Division at the Library of Congress.' r / Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress. Japanese children's books at the Library.of Congreis. Includes indexei. 1. Children's literature, Japanese Bibliography Catalogs.2. Library of Congress Catalogs.I. Shima, Tayo. II. Title. Z1037.8.J3L53.1987016.8956'09'928287-600327 [PN1009.An ISBN 0-8444-0576-0 (alk. paper) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 . , / b .., IN Contents s. 7 Foreword 8 Preface 9 Children's Literature in Postwar Japan: A Brief History 12 Bibliography, 12 Japanese Children's Books and Periodicals, 1946-1985 35 Refeience Sources 35 History and Criticism 41 Exhibition Catalogs 42 Periodicals 43 Reprints of Prewar Children's Literature 43 Books -45 Collections and Anthologies 46 Title Index 53 Author Index 56 Artist Index 7 Foreword The Children's Literature Center in the Library of Congress provides leadership within the national and international children's book and library community. A resource, consultant,' and facilitator, the center promotes the use and study of children's literature and related materials,, providing services to the scholarly com- munity as well as to the general public. Opened in 1963 as the Children's Book Section of the Library's General Reference and Bibliography Division, the center is now a division of the department of the Assistant Librarian for National Programs. The center offers specialized reference services with respect to children's literature and related fields of study, recommends children's materials for acquisi- tion, and assists in the developiiient of the Library's collections. It cooperates with other administrative units in the Library having reference, acquisition, custodial, and processing responsibilities for children's literature. Arid it participates in the further developmit of national library resources for research and study in the field of children's literature by conducting symposia, planning public events, and preparing publicatioi(s. It is a special pleasure to introduce this selective annotated bibliography of Japanese children's books from the Library's Japanese Section. The publicationwas prepared by Tayo Shima, consultant and friend of the Children's Literature Center. In compiling a bibliography, she has been able to present an overview of Japanese children's books as reflected in the collections of the Library of ,Congress for the period 1946-85. Her annotations suggest some of the developments in the writing and ieadingof Japanese literature for children. We see in them such thingsas the introduction of fantasy and realism and the institution of the so-called bunku, the home libraries that provide books and special care to children in many Japanese communities Mrs. Shima has also been of invaluable help in preparing the center's fourth annual symposium, which will address the topic of Japanese children's books and child culture. , The exceptionally fine design of this publication is owed to Mitsumasa Anno, who kindly gave permission to use the art from his book MomotarO (Peach boy), and John Michael, who created the book's design. I want to also thank Evelyn Sinclair, our editor in the Library's Publishing Office who contributes significantly to all of the center's publications. We hope that this publication will further the study of Japanese children's books and will highlight the awareness of their concerns and their beauty. Sybille A. Jagusch Chief Children's Literature Center 8 Preface This bibliography of 304 selected children's books and works of secondary literature fronffour postwar decades in Japan attempts to provide a bs nad overview of one of the world's most idiosyncratic children's literatures. The cataloged Library of Con- gress collection of Japanese children's books represents four-times the number of titles listed here; and extensive uncataloged materials published during World War " and the immediate postwar period are also held by the Library. The works cited iere are generally milestones within their respective periods. Attention has been called to major critical works as well as to books that have been awarded prizes. Some of the important prewar wor;.s acquired in reprint form' as well as related materials, such as four major exhibition catalogs held by the Children's Literature Center, are included, thus suggesting trendi in Japanese children's litera- ture for both the prewar and postwar period. Arrangod in chronological order, the titles are listed alphabetically by author' within each category. The date of the first printing of a given publication is used to determine this order whenever possible. There was no systematic acquisition of Japanese children's literature at the 1 brary until after 1958, which accounts for the unevenness of the holdings, especially in the early years. One must keep in mind also that in those immediate post -World War II years, Japan experienced restrictions in publishing including the publishing of children's books, beCause of the shortage of materials, restrictions imposed by General Headquarters (GHQ), and recession in the industry. Children's Literature in*Postwar Japan: A Brief History Since World War II, the mainstream of Japanese children's literature has consistently emphasized realism and thus a larg a number of realistic novels have been produced.; Only since the rwd-1970s have we witnessed the appearance of fantasyas a genre. What makes these forty years of litsaty activity most distinctive is the dislocation Japan experienced at the end of World War II, the greatest its society has known in modern history. Most writers and critics of postwar children's lit Tature went through this extreme transition in valuesas the country moved from imperiaLabsolutism to a democratic concept of human rights when theywere .adolescents. While the confusion and consequent vulnerability crated by the experience have not been sufficiently examined, the earnest literary activity could reflect the painstaking quest for identity these authors have undertaken.,A recently published autobiographical account depicts a prewar writer's recollection of his hardships as a writer of children's literature in wartime, giving important details and suggesting the unseen yet serious damage wreaked by. war upon the generations involved. The writers born' after World War II or educated by postwar educational principles are creating a new trend trom the mid-1970s to the present. Despite Japan's abundant children's literature, it is just one, hundred years since Japanese writers intentionally set out to create a literature specifically for youth. Before World War II Japan was net a,democracy and there were only a few avenues through which the rights and welfare of children could be protected.